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Genus: Nigma Lehtinen, 1967 | Family: Dictynidae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871

Nigma shiprai (Tikader, 1966)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:022516

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Described:

Distribution: India, Nepal

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Taxonomic References

Dictyna shiprai Tikader, 1966d: 46, f. 2a-c (Dmf) Original description

Dictyna rebai Tikader, 1966d: 45, f. 1c (m; misidentified per Lehtinen, 1967: 252)

Nigma shiprai Lehtinen, 1967: 252 (T from Dictyna)

References

Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468. [[second pdf: index and outline by V. D. Roth (unpubl.)]] -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1966d). Studies on some spiders of the genus Dictyna (family: Dictynidae) from India. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 177(1): 45-53. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1966.tb00950.x -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-07-20	Species distribution update		Old value